Apple Mac OS X 10.3.x Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.x. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2006-4411. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.x (Operating System). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The VPN service in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.x through 10.3.9 and 10.4.x through 10.4.8 does not properly clean the environment when executing commands, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 11/28/2006. The weakness was presented 11/30/2006 by Benjamin Williams with Open Network Security (Website). The advisory is shared for download at docs.info.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-4411 since 08/28/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23740 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-007)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115471 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-007 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-11-28)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30643), Tenable (23740), SecurityFocus (BID 21335†), OSVDB (30727†) and Secunia (SA23155†). See VDB-32356, VDB-32355, VDB-32354 and VDB-32353 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 23740
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-007)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: Benjamin Williams
Organization: Open Network Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4411 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4411
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33508
X-Force: 30643
SecurityFocus: 21335 - Apple Mac OS X 2006-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23155 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 30727 - Apple Mac OS X VPN Variable Cleaning Failure Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1017304
Vulnerability Center: 13205 - Mac OS X VPN Service Does Not Clean Environment, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-4750

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 06/15/2025 19:22
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (78), 07/11/2019 12:27 (3), 06/15/2025 19:22 (18)
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